Door unit
AssigneesNifco Inc., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
InventorsTakahide Ichimaru, Toru Matsui, Masamitsu Shiono
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Abstract
A door unit for selectively opening and closing an opening in an object includes a door having a bendable slatted door body and a flexible sheet member positioned over the door body. Guide grooves in the object slidably guide at least the door body, and the respective ends of the door body and the sheet member are connected on one end in the sliding direction. By setting an appropriate spacing between the guide grooves, the generation of noise that would otherwise be caused by the door body and the sheet member rubbing against each other when they are opened or closed, is avoided. The use of the separate sheet member also significantly increases the options for the material to be employed for the design surface of the door unit.
Claims8
A door unit comprising:
- an object having an opening, and a guide groove formed along the opening and having a curved section, and
- a door slidably installed to the object for selectively opening or closing the opening, said door including a bendable slatted door body at least disposed in the guide groove, and a flexible sheet member laid over said door body so as to be positioned on a surface side of said opening, only respective ends of said door body and said sheet member being connected together in the sliding direction,
- wherein said object further includes spaced separate guide grooves for guiding the sheet member independent of said door body at least in the curved section.
A door unit comprising:
- a case having an opening at one side, and guide grooves formed at two sides of the opening to face each other, each guide groove having an inner guide and an outer guide spaced therefrom and extending parallel to each other, each of the inner guide and an outer guide having a curved section, and
- a door slidably installed to the case for selectively opening or closing the opening, said door including a bendable slatted door body comprising a plurality of slats arranged in a sliding direction to be rolled in the sliding direction and having lateral ends disposed in the inner guide, and a flexible sheet member laid over said door body to be positioned on a surface side of said opening, said flexible sheet member having lateral ends slidably disposed in the outer guides, said door body and said sheet member having ends in the sliding direction where the door body and the sheet member are connected together only at their ends.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.